He grew up in a poor household and suffered from domestic violence inflicted by his father, an experience which later influenced his political and ideological beliefs. Stewart spent much of his childhood in Jarrow. His parents did not give him a middle name, but he used the middle name 'Hewes' professionally for a while in the 1980s. Patrick Stewart was born on 13 July 1940 in Mirfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Gladys (née Barrowclough), a weaver and textile worker, and Alfred Stewart (1905–1980). Stewart attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in his youth In 2010, Stewart was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 16 December 1996. In 1993, TV Guide named Stewart the Best Dramatic Television Actor of the 1980s. Having remained with the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 2008 Stewart played King Claudius in Hamlet in the West End and won a second Olivier Award. Stewart's first major screen roles were in BBC-broadcast television productions during the mid-late 1970s, including Hedda, and the I, Claudius miniseries.įrom the 1980s onward, Stewart began working in American television and film, with prominent leading roles such as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, its subsequent films, and 2020's Star Trek: Picard as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men series of superhero films the lead of the Starz TV series Blunt Talk and voice roles such as CIA Deputy Director Avery Bullock in American Dad! and the narrator in Ted. He has been nominated for Olivier, Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and Saturn Awards.īeginning his career with a long run as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stewart received the 1979 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Antony and Cleopatra in the West End. Sir Patrick Stewart OBE (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor who is best known for his work in various stage, television, film and video games in a career spanning six decades.

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